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3/13/2014, Adar Bet 11, 5774

Jordanian MPs: Release Terrorist Who Killed Israeli Schoolgirls

The lower house of Jordan's parliament, incensed over the shooting death of a Jordanian judge by Israeli soldiers, on Wednesday demanded that the government free a terrorist who murdered Israeli schoolgirls in 1997, AFP reported.

In a non-binding resolution, all 150 members of the lower house said "we demand that the government release Jordanian soldier Ahmad Daqamseh from jail."